Local News from Across the Rainy River District
A unique dinner theatre production is coming to Barwick on Oct. 23, complete with a portable professional theatre set and travelling kitchen. The play, “An Ancient Splendor,” is making its way across Canada to promote the work of Wycliffe Bible Translators. This one-of-a-kind event will take place at the Barwick […]
I’ve had a dream for more than half-a-century. The dream of living in a wooded area, maybe in a log cabin. Living close to the earth with a big garden and apple trees, with huge logs burning in the fireplace when the winter storms come. I always envisioned my woodland […]
Gertrude “Gert” Dustin, 86, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., formerly of 1220 Strachan Place, passed away at her residence Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001. She was born July 7, 1915 in Peterborough, Ont. to the late Ernest and Charlotte Freeman. Gertrude spent her early years in eastern […]
Stephen Noel Golder, a resident of Pinecrest Home in Kenora, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001 in his 92nd year. He was predeceased by his mother, Bertha C. Golder. Noel is lovingly remembered by his wife of 62 years, Selma (nee Lundin); brothers-in-law, Hilding (Verna) Lundin, Stanley (Isabel) Lundin, […]
Cameron and Heather are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Caedwyn Gwyneth, weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz. in London, Ont., on August 26, 2001. Delighted grandparents are Ahlan and Judith Johanson of Fort Frances and William Boyd of Canfield, Ontario.
Born to Les and Pamela, nee Bobczynski, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Emily Irene, weighing 8 lbs. 7 oz. on September 24, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont. Proud grandparents are Irene Bobczynski and Ed and Jeanne Kaun, great-grandmother Teresa Kaun and big brothers Jamie […]
Patrick James O’Connor, 96, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Sunday, Sept. 30, 2001. He was born June 7, 1905 on Sable Island, Lake of the Woods, to the late Patrick John O’Connor from County Clare, Ireland, and the former Sarah Jane […]
James Kraft, 62, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2001 in Stratton, Ont. A graveside service will be held Friday, Oct. 5, 2001 at noon at Riverview Cemetery in Fort Frances, Ont. Friends are invited to attend, with a luncheon to be held at the Red Dog Inn following the interment.
Let me come clean right off the top. I did not attend the BIA’s first “Harvest Festival” on the 200 and 300 blocks of Scott Street on Saturday, nor did I attend the “unveiling” of the town’s awesome second heritage mural on the side of the Masonic Lodge earlier that […]
